As a 13-year-old backpacking with my dad, I’ll never forget the contentment I felt as I hiked up the rocky trail alongside the raging Hunter Creek. From that first backpacking trip in 1973, I fell.
Since the late 1960s, ACES has offered community programs and events that introduce locals and visitors of all ages to the incredible natural environment surrounding Aspen, Basalt, and the Castle Creek Valley. ACES welcomes the.